"Lord Yu, Prince Qingyue drove the carriage out of the city from the east gate. From the car—it seems—a woman's voice came from there. One of the guards lowered his voice and stammered as he said the second half of the sentence.

"Woman? Are you sure? Moody asked, a little surprised.

"Certainly, surely, the people who followed heard it." The guard said a little timidly.

"Do you see what you look like?" The prince asked again.

"No, always in the car when I was in the city, I didn't show up." The guard replied.

"Continue to follow, find out the origin of the people in the car, find a few good people to protect Qingyue secretly, and report to me at any time if you have something." After speaking, the prince waved his hand and signaled to do something.

Qingyue drove unhurriedly to Cangsong Mountain, prepared some water and food when passing through towns and villages, and began to find a place to rest after two or three o'clock in the afternoon. Along the way, the woman was very stingy, in addition to ensuring that the children's things were readily available, they also maintained food and clothing for themselves and Qingyue. Qingyue is penniless, the money is all in the woman's, there is no way, she can only buy anything, she doesn't squeak if she doesn't buy it, she knows that squeaking is useless, she has to be trained, and she may even be beaten. Qingyue has had no worries about food and clothing since she was a child, and it is the first time that she has dealt with steamed buns and water like this.

When passing by a county called Zhishan County, there were many people on the street, and Qingyue was not skilled in driving, so she was afraid of running into people, so she led the carriage forward on the street.

Seeing more than a dozen people in front of him, there was a tall strong man with a big waist and a stubble on his face standing in the middle, and he shouted to everyone: "Those who have walked by, those who have passed by, all the neighbors in the countryside and streets, the old neighborhoods, thank you for coming here to cheer for me, our brothers are going to show you the chest broken boulder, everyone see, this is a real stone" said and asked a few people behind to move a few thick stone slabs one meter square.

When the woman heard the excitement, she hurriedly asked Qingyue to stop, and ran to the front of the crowd with the child in her arms to watch the excitement. Qing Yue led the carriage and waited in a slightly remote place on the side of the road. Qingyue has an introverted personality and doesn't like to be lively.

The strong man then said: "I have practiced a hard real kung fu since I was a child, and after a while I lay on my back on the bench and pressed the stone slab on my chest, and my brother would smash the stone with a sledgehammer. If I can still live after the sledgehammer smashes the stone, please give some small money to our brothers and give us a bite to eat. As he spoke, he lay down on the bench he had prepared.

Two men came over and carried a stone slab on him, the woman's eyes were sharp, and she saw that there was an irregular slit in the middle of the slate, as long as the sledgehammer smashed on the slate, a little force could break the slate in half, the woman smiled, and continued to watch the excitement.

The hammer fell and the stone broke, and everyone applauded. The strong man hugged his fists and thanked him, and stretched out a small basket to everyone, only a few people gave a few copper plates. A few people whispered "Really? Deceptive, right? ”

The strong man was a little unhappy, and said to everyone: "If anyone doesn't believe it, you can come up and try, if you can still live after smashing the stone, I will give him ten taels of silver, if you feel that you can't do it, you can stop at any time halfway, who wants to come up and try?" ”

The strong man is an old man, and he thought, "If anyone dares to come up, he will have to be half dead, and he will feel better." If no one dares to come up, it proves that there is no doubt, and they have to give money. ”

There was a lot of discussion at the bottom of everyone, but no one went up. I only heard the sentence "Really? Everyone's eyes were on the woman.

"It's true, everyone present can testify." The strong man said to the woman. As he spoke, he took out the only ten taels of silver he had.

The woman thought that the slate had cracks, and it shouldn't be difficult to do it, so she shouted at Qingyue: "Ah Yue, come here." ”

Qingyue didn't notice the situation here, and when she heard the woman calling him, she walked over.

The woman pointed to Qingyue in the middle of the platform and said, "You go." ”

Qingyue was stunned for a moment, and asked puzzledly, "What are you doing?" I'll go? A boulder in the chest? ”

The woman said, "Ah, yes, they gave ten taels of silver when they had finished speaking." ”

"Ten taels of silver?" Qing Yue was speechless, frowned, swallowed, and said, "I haven't practiced qigong, so I may not be able to do it." ”

The woman didn't speak again, and the strong man said, "You can try, and if it doesn't work, you can stop at any time." ”

Qingyue glanced at the woman, reluctantly took off her coat and handed it to her, and came to the bench to lie down.

The strong man glanced at the two people who carried the slate, and the two brought an intact slate and put it on Qingyue's body, the woman panicked when she saw this slate, and now she wants to stop it, there is no reason, she wants to expose it, there is no evidence, and she regrets it.

Qing Yue took a deep breath and held the stone slab with both hands. The strong man picked up the sledgehammer and smashed it, the stone slab was not broken, Qingyue felt a suffocation, her chest ached, she slowly exhaled and inhaled, and adjusted her breathing. Seeing that he didn't shout to stop, the strong man smashed it again, Qing Yue suddenly felt the hot blood in his chest rolling, and his eyes were black, Qing Yue closed his eyes, stabilized his mind, tried his best to calm down and adjust his body, still did not speak, there were many cracks on the slate. The strong man thought to himself: "If you don't shout to stop, you are looking for death, this hammer must be smashed to death, how can I give you my hard-earned silver", the hammer fell roundly, and the stone slab broke into seven or eight pieces and fell to the ground. Qing Yue lay there without moving, and her hands fell down.

The woman hurriedly walked up, holding the child with one hand, grabbing Qingyue's collar with the other hand and pulling it up, "Ah Yue" shouted anxiously. Qingyue gradually regained consciousness, felt a mouthful of blood spurting out from the heat wave, slowly wiped the corners of her mouth with her sleeve, and then sat on the bench for a while, relieved herself, cleaned the lime and gravel on her body briefly, stood up, put on her coat, and said to the woman, "I'm fine." ”

The woman helped Qingyue back to the carriage, put the child next to Qingyue, and said, "Wait a while, I'll be back immediately." "Got out of the carriage. The woman came to the strong man and stretched out her hand: "Where's the money?" The strong man looked up at the people around him, and reluctantly held the money in the palm of his hand and handed it over, when the woman reached out to take the money, she did not stop at the position of the strong man's hand, but circled around the strong man at a very fast speed and returned to the position of his hand to take the money, and returned to the carriage, the woman sat down in the position of the driver, and drove the horse out of Zhishan County.

"What?!" Moody was furious, "Is that how you guys do things?!" ”

Several guards knelt in front of them, shivering.

"At the beginning, I didn't feel that Qingyue Gongzi was in danger, the stone slabs used by artists were usually manipulated, and Qingyue Gongzi didn't show anything abnormal, and in the end, we saw that the stone was broken into seven or eight pieces, not - not broken, and Qingyue Gongzi - Qingyue Gongzi - vomited - vomited - a mouthful of blood, only to know that the stone slab - the slate is a normal slate. Subordinates are convicted. One of the guards explained.

"Did that person handle it?" The prince's tone was fierce.

"They hadn't gone far before the entertainer died, his stomach sliced open and his intestines flowed all over the ground." Another guard said.

"Oh? Have you found out who did it? The prince asked.

"No, everyone present said they didn't see it," said the guard.

"It's good if people die, it doesn't matter who did it." The prince commanded, as if talking to himself, and said, "Break the boulder in your chest!" Crazy?! ”

"Yes—it was the woman who told Qingyue to go up and break the boulder," one of the guards said timidly.

"What?! Did you see the woman? The prince asked angrily.

"Look—look, it's a woman in her forties, holding a child." The guard replied.

"Do you know where it came from?" The prince asked again. At the same time, a name flashed "Mya" in his head.

"It hasn't been found out yet, someone has been sent to investigate where they once lived, and they haven't come back yet." One of the guards said,

"Thirty sticks each, go down," said the prince.

Prince Di was both a little relieved and a little skeptical, and he was at ease: first, there was still a force protecting Qingyue, and when he was hurt, someone would stand up for him; The second is that the woman who was with him was not a good match for him, and it wouldn't be that kind of relationship. What I am worried about is: who is that woman, and whether there will be any purpose for walking so close to Qingyue.

"In a few days, the envoy of Jian'an Guo will arrive, I hope that before the envoy arrives, Qingyue can return to Shimen safely, so that I can also deal with the matter of Jian'an Guo with peace of mind." Wang Ye Di thought and walked towards his study.